Weaves just released their debut LP and in celebration, they premiered their video for Tick, via Vevo. The track is lifted from their highly anticipated debut LP, which is out now via Kanine, Buzz Records and Memphis Industries. Tick was one the first tracks to attract attention to the band when it was released in the summer of 2015. The video was directed by Benjamin Dabu, and stars comedian Chris Locke as a man who suffers a Weaves-induced midlife crisis.
“The video is about the incessant ticking of the clock, nagging at you to realize your dreams, and the gentle reminder that sometimes dreams should remain fantasy,” says the band’s guitarist, Morgan Waters, who helped edit the video. “Music makes you feel young. But what happens when you’re suddenly the old guy at a party trying to get the roach going? Our friend, and brilliant comedian Chris Locke, plays a man who stares into the void, hears our song and experiences a midlife crisis.”
Weaves have been working on their self-titled LP for almost as long as they have been a band, tracking with Leon Taheny (Dilly Dally, Owen Pallett, Austra) in sessions that span most of the last two years. Mixed by Alex Newport (Death Cab for Cutie, Melvins, At The Drive In) and mastered by John Greenham (Death Grips, Sky Ferreira), the result is an album that traverses the band’s history, exploring every facet of their always adventurous approach to pop music and leaving no idea unexplored. Filled beyond bursting with hooks and possibilities, it’s the sound of a band propelled forward by the thrill of discovering the limits of their sound and gleefully pushing past them. “We’re always trying to push ourselves,” says Waters, “sometimes it feels like bands aren’t necessary, like they’re not the one’s pushing music forward, so I think we’re trying to hopefully prove that bands aren’t boring. If we are going to be a band and if we are going to do this guitar, bass and drums thing then we might as well see how much we can fuck it up.”
Track list:
1. Tick
2. Birds & Bees
3. Candy
4. Shithole
5. Eagle
6. Two Oceans
7. Human
8. Coo Coo
9. Sentence
10. One More
11. Stress
Weaves self-titled LP is out now via Kanine in the US, Buzz Records in Canada and Memphis Industries in the rest of the world. It is available for purchase here.
The band are currently on tour in Europe through July, with a North American run to follow in August. There are full details below.
Tour dates:
06/17 Antwerp, BE – Trix
06/18 Hilvarenbeek, NL – Best Kept Secret festival
06/20 Nottingham, UK – Rough Trade (in-store)
06/21 London, UK – Rough Trade East (in-store)
06/22 Bristol, UK – Rise Music (in-store)
06/24 Oslo, NO – Piknik I Parken festival
06/29 Lille, FR – La Peniche
06/30 Derby, UK – The Venue
07/01 Bedford, UK – Esquires
07/02 Aldershot, UK – West End Centre
07/03 Brighton, UK – The Prince Albert
07/04 Guildford, UK – Boileroom
07/07 Manchester, UK – The Castle Hotel
07/08 Winchester, UK – Railway
07/09 Milton Keynes, UK – Craufurd Arms
07/12 Leicester, UK – The Musician
07/14 London, UK – Shacklewell Arms
07/15 Southwold, UK – Latitude festival
07/17 Glasgow, UK – Nice N Sleazy
07/18 Newcastle, UK – Think Tank
07/19 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
07/20 Liverpool, UK – Studio 2
07/23 Huntington, UK – Secret Garden Party festival
08/09 Columbia, MO, Café Berlin
08/10 Dallas, TX, Three Links
08/12 Phoenix, AZ, Rebel Lounge
08/13 Los Angeles, CA, The Echo
08/15 Seattle, WA, Barboza
08/16 Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
08/18 Calgary, AB – Palomino
08/19 Saskatoon, SK – Vangelis Tavern
08/20 Winnipeg, MB – Rainbow Trout Music Festival
08/21 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
08/22 Chicago, IL, Schubas
08/24 New York, NY, Mercury Lounge *
08/25 Brooklyn, NY, Baby’s All Right *
08/26 Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA *
08/27 Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
09/02-04 Salisbury, UK – End of the Road festival
09/16 Paris FR – Point Éphémère %
# w/ Beach Slang
* w/ Cayetana
% w/ Sunflower Bean
